Car-seat.



No. 655,682. Patented Aug. I4, I900;

F. BENNETT.

CAR SEAT.

(Application filed Dec. 20, 1897.)

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FREDERICK BENNETT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN OR TO THE HALE &

KILBURN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL.

VANIA CAR-S EAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 655,682, dated August14, 1900. Application filed December 20, 1897. Serial No. 662,579. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FREDERICK BENNETT, of New York city, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Seat,ofwhich the following is a f ull,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in reversible car-seats, andhasfor its object to produce a simple construction which will also havecertain advantages superior to the ordinary seat of this character; andit consists of certain features which will be hereinafter scribed andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formingapartof thisspecification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of my car-seat. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionalelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a partial front elevation with the endframing in section. Fig. tis a perspective view of the end framing andits connected mechanism viewed from the inner side; and Fig. 5 is aperspective view of one end of the seat proper, showing the bottomthereof.

My improved car-seat is of that class in which the back is so mountedthat it'swings from one side of the seat proper to the other, the seatbeing reversed by thus swinging the back. The back B is mounted uponlong bars or levers b, which are pivoted at their lower ends, as at I),either to the end framing. A, the floor, or other convenient support,but preferably from the seat-support or end framihg A.

The seat proper, G, is a cushion mounted upon a framework of anyordinary construction. This is provided upon its under side at each endwith a cleat or lug G, which projects slightly and is adapted to enter agroove or recess 0 in the horizontal bar 0. The seat is supported fromthis bar (I and by the construction described is prevented from lateraldisplacement and is yet capable of being quickly and easily removed whendesired. The bar 0 is supported at each end by links D, which extenddownward and at their lower ends are pivoted upon the frame A. These twolinks do not extend in an exactlyparallel direction. The lower ends ofthe links are separated aslightly-greatia'r distance than the upperends. As a result of this con struction when the seat is swung from oneposition to the other, as shown by the dotted and full lines in Fig. 2,the seat is slightly rocked. This results in keeping the forward edge ofthe seat raised slightly above the rear edge. This is true in eitheradjustment the seat may be in, the edge which at the time is the forwardedge being slightly "raised above the rear edge.

position than the one which is under the rear edge of the seat.

ing fixed to the rod or shaft F, which shaft is pivoted in the frame andextends from one end of the seat to the other, the levers being at eachend of the seat. Each lever E at its lower end has a slot e, whichembraces a pin 12 which is attached to the bar I). In consequence ofthis when the back B is swung from one position to the other the leversE will also be swung to a different position and carry with them thebars 0, and consequently the seat G, which is supported thereon. Thebars I), which carry the back, pass through slots a, formed in the underside supporting frame A or formed between it and the attached plate Ct,which supports the arm A. The end support is also providedwith asegmental slot a for the passage of the pin Z1 It will be seen thatextending the rod F from one side of the seat to the other connects thereversing mechanism, so that the two sides are compelled to move inunison. Thus if the seat is graspedby one end to reverseit the power iscommunicated through the shaft F to the other end, and it is positivelymoved and racking strain upon the back is avoided. A

The arms 5 are limited in their movements by contact with the-ends ofthe slotct and also by contact with the blocks I, which may be formed asthe vertical part ofthe plates A. The bars H, which connectthe two endsupports A, may be used to limit the swing of the links D; but it ispreferred that these bars H be so placed that when the seat is oo- Thisis due to the fact that the link D, which is beneath the forward edge ofthe seat, is in more nearly a vertical eupied the weight of the occupantacts upon these links and their connection to the back, so as to lockthe back against being swung forward.

It will be seen that this construction of a car-seat is one which isvery simple and with parts of such construction that they are cheaplymanufactured and yet of durable shape. It is easily reversed andpossesses the merit of changing the angle of the seat when the seat isreversed. This results in producing a more comfortable seat.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A reversible car -seat having a sea mounted tomove forward and rear, a back supported on swinging bars pivotednear thefloor and extending outside the seat, and mechanism 'coacting with saidbars and said seat, whereby the movement of said bars in one directionwill cause the movement of said seat in the opposite direction,substantially as described.

2. A reversible car seat having a seat mounted to move forward and rearand to rest in either position with its outer edge higher than its inneredge, a back supported on swinging bars pivoted near the floor andextending outside the seat, and mechanism coacting with said bars andsaid seat, whereby the movement of said bars in one direction will causethe movement of said seat in the opposite direction, substantially asdescribed.

3. A reversible car-seat having a seat portion mounted upon pivotedlinks to swing forward and back, a back supported upon bars pivoted nearthe floor and extending outside the seat, and levers connecting the seatand back-bars, whereby their movements are in opposite directions,substantially as described.

4. A reversible car seat having a seat mounted to move forward and rear,a back supported on swinging bars pivoted near the floor and extendingoutside the seat, and levers connecting said bars and the seat, wherebythe two are moved in opposite directions, substantially as described.

5. A reversible car-seat having a swinging backsupported upon bars whichare pivoted near the floor and extend outside the seat and within thearms, pivoted supporting-links beneath the front and rear edges of theseat and arranged at different angles so that the one under the forwardedge is nearer the vertical and supports this edge higher than the rear,and connections from the back to the seat-supporting links, whereby theseat is shifted laterally at the same time as the back and in anopposite direction and the angle of the seat is changed so as to keepthe front edge the higher, substantially as described.

"6.- A reversible car seat having a back mounted upon bars which arepivoted near the floor, a movable seat, supporting-links under front andrear edges of the seat and pivoted to the seat and to a fixed support, arod or shaft extending lengthwise of the seat and journaled above thepi-vots of the bars carrying the back, and levers fixed to said rod orshaft and connected at their opposite ends to the seat and theback-supportin g arms, substantially as described.

7. The combination, substantially as set forth, of seat-supports, acar-seat sustained thereon ,a seat-back transferable from one side ofthe seat to the other, two reversing arms fulcrumed below the seat andattached, one to the inner end of the seat-back, and the other to theouter end thereof, and levers pivotally connected to the seat and to thereversing arms respectively, and adapted to move the seat in and by thereversal of the back, through the action of the reversing arms.

8. The combination, substantially as set forth, of seat-supports, amovable bearingframe sustained thereon, a car-seat carried by saidbearing-frame, a seat-back transferable from one side of the seat to theother, two reversing arms fulcrumed below the seat and attached, one tothe inner end of the seat-back, and the other to the out-er end thereof,and levers pivotally connected to the bearing-frame and to the reversingarms respectively and adapted to move the bearing frame and the seat inand by the reversal of the back through the action of the reversingarms.

9. The combination, substantially as set forth, of seat-supports, acar-seat sustained thereon, a seat-back transferable from one side ofthe seat to the other, two reversing arms connected to fulcrums belowthe seat and attached one to the inner end of the seat= back and theother to the outer end thereof, and levers pivotally connected to theseat or its bearing-frame and to the reversing arms respectively. p

10. A reversible car-seat, having a seat mounted to move forward andrear,- a back supported on swinging bars, pivoted near the floor andextending outside the seat, levers connecting said bars and the seat,and a rod or shaft to which the levers are attached, whereby the seatand back are moved in unison and in opposite directions, substantiallyas described.

11. The combination, substantially as set forth, of seat-supports, amovable bearingframe sustained thereon, a car-seat carried by saidbearing-frame, a seat-back transferable from one side of the seat to theother, two reversible arms fulcrumed below the seat and attached one tothe inner end of the seatback and the other to the outer end thereof, arod or shaft extending lengthwise of the seat and journaled in theseat-supports, and levers attached to said shaft and pivotally connectedto the bearing-frame and to the reversible arms respectively and adaptedto move the bearing-frame and the seat in and by the reversal of theback through the action of the reversing arms.

12. A seat having pivoted link-supports and mounted to haveforward-and-backward movement, a shaft journaled to turn in bearings andextending lengthwise the seat, and reversing arms mounted on said shaftand engaging the ends of the seat whereby both ends are moved in unison,a seat-back mounted to swing from one side of the seat to the other andconnections from said back to the shaft to actuate it, substantially asdescribed.

13. In combination, the seat, the back, the pivoted arms supporting theback and the levers between the arms and the seat for shifting thelatter, said levers being pivoted intermediate of their length andconnected di- I 5

